Tuesday, October 22, 2024

October 22nd: This Day in History

 





Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!



On this day in 1957, Americans suffered their first casualties in Vietnam. The Cuban Missile Crisis started on this day back in 1962, when President John F. Kennedy announced the discovery of Soviet missiles located in Cuba to the American people in an address. Two years later on this date in 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre won and declined the Nobel Prize in Literature. And more recently, in 2012, American cyclist Lance Armstrong was stripped of all seven of his Tour de France titles.



Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

On this day in 362 , the Temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch, was destroyed in a mysterious fire. In 794 on this day, Emperor Kanmu relocated the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto). Ex-emperor Hanazono became a Zen priest on this day in 1335. On this day in 1383, the 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal began. It was a period of civil war and disorder which began when King Fernando died without a male heir to the Portuguese throne. In 1575 on this day was the foundation of Aguascalientes. On this day in 1633, the Ming dynasty fought a battle with the Dutch East India Company that in the southern Fujian sea (1633), resulting in the Ming dynasty earning a great victory. The Great Alliance occupied Rijsel on this day in 1708. Czar Peter the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator" on this day in 1721. On this day in 1746, Princeton University (NJ) received its charter. Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first parachute descent from a balloon (Paris) on this day in 1797. In 1799 on this day, Russia left the second anti-French Coalition. On this day in 1812, the Duke of Wellington seized Burgos, Spain.
1819 - 1st ship sails by Erie-channel (Rome-Utica)
1836 - Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected pres of Republic of Texas
1844 - Millerite Adventists wait for appearance of Jesus
1861 - 1st telegraph line linking West & East coasts completed
1862 - Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory
1862 - Confederate troops reconquer Cumperland Gap, Tennessee
1866 - Paraguay: Battle of Curupaytí against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
Russian Tsar Peter the GreatRussian Tsar Peter the Great 1867 - Foundation of the National University of Colombia.
1868 - Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant," premieres in NYC
1875 - Sons of American Revolution organizes
1875 - First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
1877 - The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners. Those widows and orphans who were unable to support themselves were evicted by the mine owners and likely sent to the Poor House.
1878 - The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
1881 - Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert
1883 - 1st NY Horse Show held (Madison Sq Garden)
1883 - Original Metropolitan Opera House (NYC) grand opening (Faust)
1884 - General Gordon receives letter of Mahdi
1884 - Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds NYC to determine baseball champion
1885 - John Ward & several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union
1895 - David Belasco's "Heart of Maryland," premieres in NYC
1895 - In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop and crosses more than 30 metres of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse.
1897 - World's 1st car dealer opens in London
1899 - British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa
1904 - Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship
1906 - 3000 blacks demonstrate & riot in Phila
1907 - Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum & Bailey circus
1907 - Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.
1910 - Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and was subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London.
1913 - Explosion at Dawson NM coal mine kills 263 mine workers
1922 - Lucerne Street in Bronx named
1922 - Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, named for knight in Wagner's Opera
1924 - Toastmasters International is founded.
Magician & Escape Artist Harry HoudiniMagician & Escape Artist Harry Houdini 1926 - J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal.
1928 - China expels all Russian instructors & civil servants
1928 - ESL Robinson's "Far-Off Hills," premieres in Dublin
1928 - Pres Hoover speaks of "American system of rugged individualism"
1928 - Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.
1929 - French government of Briand falls
1929 - James H Scullin forms Australia government
1930 - 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult
1930 - Blake & Razaf's "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1930," premieres in NYC
1930 - SC Genemuiden soccer team forms
1932 - Charles de Broqueville becomes premier of Belgium
1932 - George Kaufman & Edna Ferbers "Dinner at 8," premieres in NYC
1933 - Primo Carnera beats Paulin in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1934 - In East Liverpool, Ohio, notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd is shot and killed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.
1935 - 18th PGA Championship: Johnny Revolta at Twin Hills CC Oklahoma City
1935 - Establishment of the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union.
1936 - 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii
1938 - Chester Carlson demonstrates 1st Xerox copying machine
1939 - 1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs Dodgers
1941 - Maxwell Anderson's "Candle in the Wind," premieres in NYC
1942 - 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
1942 - US gens Clark & Lemnitzer & French gen Mast meet secretly in Algeria
1944 - Kurita's vice-admiral fleet leaves North-Borneo
1946 - 2 British ships sink near Albania
1948 - Egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel
1949 - 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland
1949 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2)
1950 - LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27
1951 - Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed
1951 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1953 - Laos gains full independence from France
1954 - West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1955 - WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella
1956 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1956 - A concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in Karachi, Pakistan.
1957 - Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany
1957 - KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
1959 - "Take Me Along" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 448 performances
1959 - Bob Merrill's musical "Take me Along," premieres in NYC
1961 - 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights & Flemish language in Belgium
1961 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Golf Civitan
US President John F. KennedyUS President John F. Kennedy 1962 - JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba
1962 - JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis
1962 - JFK receives Ugandan premier Milton Obote
1962 - Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1963 - 225,000 students boycot Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest
1963 - BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes on October 22 in UK with the loss of all on board.
1964 - EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who
1964 - French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize
1964 - US performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss
1966 - USSR launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon
1967 - 17th Ryder Cup: US wins 23½-8½ at Champions Golf Club (Houston, Texas, US)
1967 - Ian Brayshaw (W Aus v Vic, Perth) takes all 10 cricket wkts
1967 - Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive VP of A's by Charlie Finley
1967 - Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA Carlsbad Jaycee Golf Open
Writer Jean-Paul SartreWriter Jean-Paul Sartre 1968 - Apollo 7 returns to Earth
1969 - KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KDB-AM
1969 - Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death
1971 - USSR performs nuclear test
1972 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA GAC Golf Classic
1972 - Oakland A's 1st championship; beat Reds, 4 games to 3 in World Series
1973 - Israeli troops reconquer mountain Hermon
1973 - Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to Yom Kippur War
1974 - Yanks trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds
1975 - "Me & Bessie" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 453 performances
1975 - Cin Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series
1975 - Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus
1975 - Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna
1975 - World Football League disbands
1975 - World Football League disbands after the Week 12 of their second season
1976 - Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1976 - Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada.
1977 - International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 & 2 launched into Earth orbit
1978 - "King of Hearts" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
1978 - 8th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:32:30
1978 - 9th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:12:12
1978 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Houston Exchange Golf Classic Clubs
1978 - Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8)
1978 - Laugh-in's Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession
264th Pope John Paul II264th Pope John Paul II 1978 - Pope John Paul II installed
1979 - "One Mo' Time" with Vernel Bagners premieres in NYC
1979 - Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in NY for medical treatment
1979 - Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest
1980 - 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium
1980 - New South Korean constitution comes into effect
1981 - Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified
1981 - Start of 1st-class game at Newcastle, NSW v Queensland
1981 - US national debt tops $1 trillion
1981 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1981 - The founding congress of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation faction led by Hareram Sharma and D.P. Singh begins.
1981 - The TGV railway service Paris-Lyon is inaugurated.
1982 - Gene Mauch resigns as manager of Angels
1983 - Two correctional officers are killed by inmates in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspired the Supermax model of prisons.
1984 - NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires
Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartneyMusician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartney 1984 - Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack
1985 - Bret Saberhagen gives KC Royals their 1st World Series win
1986 - "Into the Light" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 6 performances
1987 - "Cabaret" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 262 performances
1987 - Nobel prize for literature awarded to Joseph Brodsky
1988 - Elton John sells out Madison Square Garden for a record 26th time
1988 - Supreme Ct Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery
1989 - Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open
1989 - Red Khmer occupies Pailin in Cambodia
1991 - General Motors announces 9 month loss of $US2.2 billion
1992 - Atlanta, becomes 1st US team to win a World Series game out of US
1992 - Space Shuttle STS 52 (Columbia 13) launches into space
1992 - Wendy Wasserstein's "Sisters Rosensweig," premieres in NYC
1993 - Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk
1994 - "Philadelphia, Here I Come" closes at Criterion NYC after 52 perfs
Singer Elton JohnSinger Elton John 1994 - Statue of Sam Houston unveiled in Texas
1994 - Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (53,832 km)
1995 - "Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 97 perfs
1996 - NY Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
1997 - Cleve Marquis Grissom World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games
1997 - Coldest World Series game Marlins vs Cleveland (38°F)
1997 - Larry Flynt sells Hustler in a non-zoned area of Cincinnati
1997 - Yahoo completes purchase of Four11
1997 - NY Ranger Wayne Gretsky wife Janet is knocked unconcious & gets 2 stitches while watching the game as a plexiglass falls on her
1997 - 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins & Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11
1997 - Compaq testifies Microsoft threaten to break Windows 95 agreement if they showcased a Netscape icon
1999 - Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
2005 - Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
2006 - A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama.
2008 - India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
Magazine Publisher Larry FlyntMagazine Publisher Larry Flynt 2012 - 6 Italian scientists are convicted of manslaughter for their failure to predict the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake

2012 - Hurricane Sandy forms in the Western Caribbean Sea



1746 - The College of New Jersey was officially chartered. It later became known as Princeton University.   1797 - Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump. He made the jump from about 3,000 feet.   1836 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas.   1844 - This day is recognized as "The Great Disappointment" among those who practiced Millerism. The world was expected to come to an end according to the followers of William Miller.   1879 - Thomas Edison conducted his first successful experiment with a high-resistance carbon filament.   1883 - The New York Horse show opened. The first national horse show was formed by the newly organized National Horse Show Association of America.   1907 - The Panic of 1907 began when depositors began withdrawing money from many New York banks.   1934 - Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, the notorious bank robber, was shot and killed by Federal agents in East Liverpool, OH.   1939 - The first televised pro football game was telecast from New York. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 23-14.   1950 - The Los Angeles Rams set an NFL record by defeating the Baltimore Colts 70-27. It was a record score for a regular season game.   1954 - The Federal Republic of Germany was invited to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).   1959 - "Take Me Along" opened on Broadway.   1962 - U.S. President Kennedy went on radio and television to inform the United States about his order to send U.S. forces to blockade Cuba. The blockade was in response to the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.   1968 - Apollo 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft had orbited the Earth 163 times.   1975 - Air Force Technical Sergeant Leonard Matlovich was discharged after publicly declaring his homosexuality. His tombstone reads " "A gay Vietnam Veteran. When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one."   1979 - The ousted Shah of Iran, Mohammad Riza Pahlavi was allowed into the U.S. for medical treatment.   1981 - The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August.   1983 - At the Augusta National Golf Course in Georgia, an armed man crashed a truck through front gates and demanded to speak with U.S. President Ronald Reagan.   1986 - U.S. President Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986 into law.   1991 - The European Community and the European Free Trade Association agreed to create a free trade zone of 19 nations by the year 1993.   1995 - The 50th anniversary of the United Nations was marked by a record number of world leaders gathering.   1995 - British writer Sir Kingsley Amis died at the age of 73.   1998 - The United Nations announced that over 2 million children had been killed in war as innocent victims since 1987.   1998 - Pakistan's carpet weaving industry announced that they would begin to phase out child labor.   1999 - China ended its first-ever human rights conference in which it defied Western definitions of civil liberties.   1999 - The U.N. Security Council voted to send 6,000 troops to Sierra Leone to oversee a peace plan that had been signed in July.   2008 - The iTunes Music Store reached 200 million applications downloaded.   2010 - The Internation Space Station set the record (3641 days) for the longest continuous human occupation of space. It had been continously inhabited since November 2, 2000.


1797 Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute jump from a balloon. 1836 Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first president of the Republic of Texas. 1954 West Germany joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 1962 President Kennedy announced an air and naval blockade of Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island. 1973 Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer Pablo Casals died in Puerto Rico, at age 96. 1979 Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi, the deposed Shah of Iran, was allowed in the United States for medical treatment. This action led to the Iran hostage crisis.


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